Exhibit 99.1
                              AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS

                                       OF

                              KNIGHT-RIDDER, INC.

1.       Article I, Section 7 of the Bylaws of Knight-Ridder, Inc. is amended in
its entirety to read as follows:

     "SECTION 7 - NOTIFICATION OF SHAREHOLDER  BUSINESS:  All business  properly
brought before an annual  meeting shall be transacted at such meeting.  Business
shall be deemed  properly  brought only if it is (i)  specified in the notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors,  (ii)  otherwise  properly  brought  before the  meeting by or at the
direction  of the Board of Directors  or (iii)  brought  before the meeting by a
shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting if written notice of such
shareholder's intent to bring such business before such meeting is delivered to,
or mailed, postage prepaid, and received by, the Secretary of the Company at the
principal  office of the  Company  in San Jose,  California  not later  than one
hundred twenty (120) days prior to the  anniversary  date of the Company's proxy
statement  relating  to the  immediately  preceding  annual  meeting;  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER,  that with respect to business  proposed to be brought  before the 2006
annual  meeting,  written  notice  under this  clause  (iii) may only be made no
earlier  than sixty (60) days nor later than  forty-five  (45) days prior to the
date of the 2006 annual meeting. Each notice given by such shareholder shall set
forth: (A) a brief  description of the business desired to be brought before the
meeting and the reasons for  conducting  such  business at the meeting;  (B) the
name and address of the shareholder who intends to propose such business;  (C) a
representation  that the  shareholder  is a  holder  of  record  of stock of the
Company entitled to vote at such meeting (or if the record date for such meeting
is subsequent to the date required for such shareholder notice, a representation
that the  shareholder  is a holder  of  record  at the time of such  notice  and
intends to be a holder of record on the record date for such  meeting),  setting
forth the number and class of shares so held, and intends to appear in person or
by proxy at such meeting to propose such business; and (D) any material interest
of the  shareholder in such business.  The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the
facts  warrant,  determine  and declare to the  meeting  that  business  was not
properly  brought  before the meeting in accordance  with the provisions of this
Section 7; and,  if the  Chairman  should so  determine  and  declare,  any such
business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted."

2.       Article III, Section 4 of the Bylaws of Knight-Ridder, Inc. is amended
in its entirety to read as follows:

     "SECTION  4 -  NOTIFICATION  OF  NOMINATIONS:  Subject to the rights of the
holders  of any  one or  more  series  of  Preference  Stock  then  outstanding,
nominations  for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors
or by any  shareholder  entitled  to vote for the  election  of  directors.  Any
shareholder  entitled to vote for the election of directors at an annual meeting
or a special  meeting called for the purpose of electing  directors may nominate
persons for election as directors at such meeting only if written notice of such
shareholder's intent to make such nomination is delivered to, or mailed, postage
prepaid,  and received by, the Secretary of the Company at the principal  office
of the  Company  in San Jose,  California  not later  than (i) in the case of an
annual meeting,  one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary  date of
the Company's  proxy  statement  relating to the  immediately  preceding  annual
meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to nominations proposed to be made
at the 2006 annual  meeting,  written  notice  under this clause (i) may only be
made no earlier than sixty (60) days nor later than  forty-five  (45) days prior
to the  date of the 2006  annual  meeting;  and  (ii) in the  case of a  special
meeting,  the close of business on the tenth day following the date on which the
Company first makes public  disclosure of the date of the special meeting.  Each
notice given by such  shareholder  shall set forth:  (A) the name and address of
the  shareholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons
to be nominated; (B) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record
of stock of the Company  entitled to vote at such meeting (or if the record date
for such meeting is subsequent to the date required for such shareholder notice,
a representation  that the shareholder is a holder of record at the time of such
notice  and  intends  to be a  holder  of  record  on the  record  date for such
meeting),  setting forth the number and class of shares so held,  and intends to
appear in person or by proxy at the  meeting to  nominate  the person or persons
specified in the notice; (C) a description of all arrangements or understandings
between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming
such person or persons)  pursuant to which the nomination or nominations  are to
be made by the shareholder;  (D) such other  information  regarding each nominee
proposed  by such  shareholder  as would have been  required to be included in a
proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission had each nominee been nominated,  or intended to be nominated, by the
Board of  Directors;  and (E) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director
of the Company if so elected.  The Chairman of the meeting  shall,  if the facts
warrant,  determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 4; and, if the Chairman should so
determine and declare, the defective nomination shall be disregarded."